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1923–2023 United States

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was a German-American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938.

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Also known as: Henry A. Kissinger, Kissinger, Kissinger, Henry

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Accept everything about yourself — I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end — no apologies, no regrets.

Misattributed

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

Misattributed

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Attributed

Nixon should be told that it is probably an objective of Clifford to depose Thieu before Nixon is inaugurated. Word should be gotten to Nixon that if Thieu meets the same fate as Diem, the word will go out to the nations of the world that it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.

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Today, America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told that there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all people of the world will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the world government.

Misattributed This is widely reported on many sites as coming from the Bilderberg Conference (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henry Kissinger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.